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Tag Archives: Jeff Bezos
To the moon with you, Bezos, and beyond!
I was reading about zillionaire Jeff Bezos, owner of Amazon, the world’s largest Internet company. He arguably became the richest person in history during the Covid-19 pandemic thanks to a huge upsurge in online sales. He owns Whole Foods. He … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpha Centauri, Amazon, Blue Origin, covid-19, Jeff Bezos, support yacht, Uranus, Washington Post, Whole Foods
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Get 700,000 e-books for $9.99, then an Amazon crock-pot
Swamp Rabbit and I were eating collard greens — the new kale! — and reading about Amazon’s all-you-can-eat strategy for handling books: …For much of the last year, mainstream novelists were furious that Amazon was discouraging the sale of some … Continue reading
A buy from Amazon is a vote for wage slavery
I read a piece in Salon about Amazon’s business model and almost throttled my friend Swamp Rabbit, I guess because he was the only creature in sight. But I was glad to see that at least one media writer wasn’t … Continue reading
The pig and the Post (another trophy for Jeff Bezos)
A few facts about Jeff Bezos, billionaire CEO of Amazon.com, the enormously profitable online department store that’s beating up on bricks-and-mortar retail outlets: 1) The price Bezos paid this week for the Washington Post was $250 million, about one percent … Continue reading